Law Practice
Jun. 5, 2012
Dispatches from the reading room: so how did I do?
Language cutting to the quick can crush a lawyer's ego when reading the appellate opinion of a case. By William Domnarski
William Domnarski
Email: domnarski@gmail.com
William Domnarski is a Southland mediator and practitioner. His latest book is "Richard Posner," published by Oxford University Press in 2016.
Pride, vanity, and ego - just a few words that might be used in description and analyses of lawyers. Hero, all conquering warrior, master-of the universe, just a few ways lawyers - litigators especially - describe themselves, at least to themselves. Maybe it is just the nature of the work. Any honest trial lawyer would have to admit to have that thrilling feeling that comes after beating up on a witness or getting the jury to lean forward and...
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